Originally Posted by AftaMEI

I'm fairly certain that the 1500 rule still has about another 2 years before it kicks in, so until then the airlines will lower the mins until they have fulfilled their need and probably to overfill even so that way they dont get short handed. As soon as that rule comes into effect there will be a definite shortage on the regional side since right now they are sucking up all of the guys with lower hours. Also that means that the quality of pilot coming through may be worse since right now they are passing on people with major issues.